Re: 7600 indeed almost there !

[Stew Benedict]

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Jeroen Diederen wrote:

> On 30/6/02 23:38, "Stew Benedict" <sbenedict@mandrakesoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Jeroen Diederen wrote:
> > 
> >> On 30/6/02 21:12, "Jeroen Diederen" <decanniere@hetnet.nl> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On 30/6/02 20:57, "Jeroen Diederen" <decanniere@hetnet.nl> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Until now, I succeeded. I did a text install with a 2.4 kernel on a PM
> >>>> 7600.
> >>>> In the beginning it didn't work because I did a graphics install. I saw a
> >>>> lot of strange lines. After reboot and setting initrd and vmlinuz, I get an
> >>>> error message, saying:
> >>>> Kernel panic. No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
> >>>> 
> >>>> Do I need to put something in the kernel arguments field ?
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> Sorry, I checked the old posts, it now worked !
> >>> ------------------------------------------
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> 
> >>> Jeroen Diederen
> >>> http://diederen.demon.nl
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> Now the mouse doesn't work. I want to modify the XF86Config-4 file, what do
> >> I need to put for input device instead of PS/2 ? Is use a PowerMac 7600...
> >> ------------------------------------------
> >> Best regards,
> > 
> > Doesn't work in kdm?  It's a kdm issue that doesn't show up with the other
> > graphical login managers nor if you run in runlevel 3 and use startx.
> > PS/2 is correct, as well as usbmouse.  The kernel drivers as configured
> > treat adb and usb the same.
> > 
> > /dev/mouse -> /dev/usbmouse -> /dev/input/mice
> > 
> > Stew Benedict
> Did a clean install again, now choosing 1-button busmouse, after reboot I
> get an error message saying: xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device
> /dev/adbmouse. What I do now ?
> ------------------------------------------

I believe it's noted somewhere in the install docs.  You should always
choose usbmouse, not busmouse. It's really not necessary to re-install
just to correct a mouse setup issue.

Stew Benedict

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